My family's always been kind of frugal, but the rising cost of everything combined with the current crap economy is driving us to a new extreme. We've kind of gotten hit by the bad economy second hand--my dad's technically in a service industry, and...
No shelves because of earthquakes? When I lived in California (also earthquake prone), everyone I knew had some kind of shelving in their house. Then again, California's building codes are REALLY strict--every single plan has to be approved prior to...
Where's the option for "Yes, and will never do it again"? I ended up dying my dark blonde hair a dark burgendy color. It was supposed to be temporary. It looked good for about three days, but then my roots started showing. I didn't know my hair gre...
Again, uniforms are on the rare side here. Typically private and magnet schools are more likely to have them than public schools. Mostly because if a public school tried to force students to wear a uniform, the staff would probably get lynched. ^^;...
I agree about her hair. It looks like the sculptor put more work into the back of her hair than the front, which makes no sense--you're going to be wanting to look at the front of the figure way more than the back, so why not make that the priority?...
Buuuh. . . *drools* I want to be the one sitting at that desk so bad. Especially since it's all Mac. For one thing, I don't see decent speakers. Must have speakers! Built-in computer speakers always suck. >.< It also could use some paint on those...
That after picture is freaky. I don't know quite why, though. . . She just looks odd. I've never seen a guy here in the states with makeup unless they were in a stage production. . .Or if they did have any on, it must've been too subtle to notice....
Take a bunch of pictures, while saying, "Dude, this is awesome!" Then I'd probably see if I could pose them into more dynamic, lively poses. The only one I wouldn't mess with is Haruhi, because that pose is just perfect as it is. It'd be like havin...
"High tech burners"? Unless he's talking about plasma gassification (which is a closed-emissions setup typically), I'd be worried. New research is showing that chronic exposure to low levels of pollutants (like the stuff from burning plastics) in th...
Whoa. That thing is awesome! I'm normally more drawn to articulated figures like the Figmas, but she's so cool I just might cave in and get her. ^^; If you mean "upper" eyes, I don't care so long as the character doesn't look vapid and dazed, but a...
Oh f*cksocks. Yeah, totally on my get list. In fact, to avoid spending too much money, they're going on my Christmas list for good measure. But I'm also with Persocomsan on this one. What happened to Figma Miku? She's the only one that I want so...
Most of the time, haggling doesn't fly, especially if you're in a store owned by a large chain. But if you're in a Mom and Pop shop, or if you're willing to buy a slightly damaged, returned item, you can sometimes bring them down a bit. Also, buying...
Lol! I know what you mean. I'm doing this the really dorky way-- making those accessories myself out of Sculpy and/or Apoxie sculpt and putting them on my regular Yuki. XD Certainly cheaper and takes up less space than buying another one.
OMG Thesaurus rape! XD I can see the conversation now: ". . . Sir, how do you translate this word into English? There's no exact match." "Just grab that thesaurus thing over there and put down every single word they list."
I also went to my first convention this summer, Anime Expo in LA. I think AX is the biggest anime convention in the country. If not, it's certainly one of the top five. Over forty thousand people attended! It was awesome. They ran anime on four d...
Baah! I umpteenth the figure abuse siren. Not just because she's on greasy fast food, but because that thing looks disturbingly like the scary little chicken sandwiches my high school cafeteria used to serve. . .
That product wouldn't stay on shelves long in the states--we have too high a doofus saturation and too many lawyers. To me, that thing is just begging for a PI suit. I naturally have that eyelid crease, but even if I didn't, I would NOT poke myself...
I mostly took flute lessons starting in the fourth grade, and stuck with it through high school. I also took American Sign Language at the community college to fulfill the foreign language requirements; I didn't particularly want to take Spanish or F...
The peg only goes about 1/2 to 2/3 of the way in. I think it's to give you something to grip when positioning that section of the stand. Otherwise action poses would be a pain in the ass to do, especially on Saber. She's so much heavier than the ot...
Aw, she's adorable! I can't wait until mine comes in. I have Saber, Haruhi, Yuki, and Nanoha currently in my possession, with Mikuru shipping from HLJ any day now. I had to get two Mikurus, though; my mom threatened to steal mine. ^^; She's also cla...
You'll occasionally see free samples here, particularly on weekends, and especially at Costco. However, the sample stands are NEVER left unattended like that. There's always someone there, partioning the samples out into little paper cups and givin...
